For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. / But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know. / I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.2 ...
live for, or even die for, fancying they mean this, or that, or the other, of things dear to them: for such words wear chameleon cloaks—"groundlion" cloaks, of the colour of the ground of any man's fancy: on that ground they lie in wait, and rend him with a spring from it....
If it goes on to the gastric and stomach it is too late and you can die. Luckily it had not gotten to that stage. He had trouble convincing others but they consented to his suggested treatment: the ‘atomic bomb’ of steroids. 125 mg three times a day for five days. It did the jo...
We all have times in our lives when we need to make decisions. You know the type: those decisions that require wisdom. This kind of wisdom can only be found in Christ; wisdom we need to seek through His Word. However, Scripture is not a catalogue of “do’s and do nots” of all ...
Get real; if someone tied a two-hundred-pound millstone to your neck and tossed you into the ocean, there is only one thing that can happen to you, you die. Don’t get me wrong, this does not equate to the fiery hell that comes after the great white throne, but there is certainly...
*Note: the age “which is to come” in Ephesians 1 can hardly refer to eternity without conflicting with 1 Corinthians 15: 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterwards those who are Chris...
see budget shortfalls. Numbers can be important for some things, but numbers can also convince us that we don’t have enough, that we aren’t enough. This comes in part from the culture around us which defines success with size, that bigger is better and smaller often correlates to ...
everything that is on the earth shall die.18But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.19And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep...
Today’s Scripture Isaiah 33:2-6 Apple LinkSpotify Link Today’s Insights The Hebrew wordYeshu’ah(“salvation,”“deliverance,”“rescue”) is a key word in the book of Isaiah. Noun and verb forms appear numerous times. This word occurs in the prayer in Isaiah 33:2: “Be . . . ou...
“And I know that His commandment is life everlasting” (John 12:50); “Truly,truly, I tell you, if a person obeys the Gospel they will never die.” (John 8:51). When you abide in The Gospel (through obedience) and The Gospel abides in you (knowing the words by heart) you are...